Pad for medicinal use.



"0.. 673,630. Patented May 7, I90l. r. w. WARNER.

PAD FUR MEDICINAL USE.

(Application filed May 8, 1899.)

(No Model.)

Witnesses- M M Inventor.

Attorney m: noflms P'srzn: co. womuma, WASHINGTON. n. c.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE,

FREDERICK W. WARNER, OF ROCHESTER, NEW YORK.

PAD FoR MEDICINAL USE.

SPECIFICATION fOrming part Of Iietters Patent No. 673,630, dated May 7,1901.

Application filed May 8, 1899. Serial No. 716,019. (No model.)-

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, FREDERICK W. WAR- NER, of Rochester, in the countyof Monroe and State of New York, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Pads for Medicinal Use; and I do hereby declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same,reference being had to the accompanying drawing, forming a part of thisspecification, and tot the referencenumerals marked thereon.

My present invention relates to medicinal pads adapted to be used in thetreatment of diseases by external or local applications to.

the body and one which may be filled with any absorbent or medicatedmaterial, and particularly to those which require for the best resultsto be heated or warmed before application to the body.

To this and other ends my invention consists in certain improvements,all as will be hereinafter described, and the novel features pointed outin the claims at the end of this specification.

In the drawing I have shown a perspective sectional view of a padconstructed in accordance with my invention.

The pad may be constructed of any desired size or shape, and its bottomor under side is formed from a piece of pliable refractory material 1,preferably a sheet of asbestos, having a lining 2 uponits inner side,and the top or cover 3 is made of cloth or other material. The edges ofthe pad are protected by a binding 4, and the parts are secured togetherby a line of stitching 5. The pad is adapted to be filled with anydesired absorbent material or medicated compound, (indicated by 6,)which may be introduced between the lining 2 and top 3 through theopening left before the binding is entirely applied. I

When it is desired to use the pad, it may be heated quickly to therequired'iemperature, the asbestos covering 1 on the bottom permittingthe device to be laid upon the stove or held in contact with a gas-flamewithout burning until the whole is of sufficient -war1nth,when the padmay be applied locally,

the .top or cloth covering 3 being preferably prevents the radiation ofthe heat therefrom,

causing it to pass into the body.

Instead of employing the lining 3 on the inner side of the asbestoscovering this might be dispensed with, if desired, and the absorbentmaterial placed in direct contact with the covering 1; but I prefer toemploy the lining 3, for the reason that the asbestos cardboard or clothis liable to crack or break when bent sharply and is also liable todisintegration, and if the contents is not protected it is liable toleak'out.

While the pad is particularly adapted for containing an absorbentmaterial, it is obvi ous that it could be :made to contain any othermaterial which required to be heated or the efficiency of which would beincreased by heating itsuch a filling, for instance, as a poultice,which might be introduced by the removal and subsequent refastening ofthe binding at one or more points.

I claim as my invention 1. A pad for medical treatment having on oneside thereof a covering of flexible refractory material and on the othera covering of fibrous or woven material, and a suitable fill ing betweenthem.

2. A pad adapted for treating the body by external and localapplications, having a covering of flexible refractory material upon oneside, and a covering of fibrous or woven material upon the other boundtogether at their edges and a filling material inclosed between them.- 7

3. A pad adapted for treating the body by external and localapplication'having a covering on one side of pervious fabric and uponthe other side a lining of similar fabric and an outer coveringofflexible refractory material, and a filling material.

. FREDERICK W. WARNER.

Witnesses:

F. F. CHURCH,

G. A. RODA.

